CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell 3/31

Pope Francis' funeral is officially set for Saturday. Cardinals in crimson zucchettos walked the streets of Rome, signaling the start of high-stakes, closed-door meetings to determine the future direction of the Catholic Church. CBS News’ Norah O'Donnell describes a deeply spiritual and intimate moment inside Casa Santa Marta, where she joined nuns, priests and close acquaintances of Pope Francis to pay final respects. A sharply divided Supreme Court appeared likely to require a Maryland school board provide parents with the ability to opt their elementary school-age children out of instruction featuring storybooks that address gender identity and sexual orientation. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Apr 23min

Pope Francis, who challenged tradition and worked to reshape the global image of the Catholic Church, has died at 88. The Vatican says he suffered a stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure. CBS News has learned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive details about upcoming U.S. airstrikes in Yemen on a private Signal chat using his personal phone. A Delta passenger jet caught fire on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport on Monday and passengers had to evacuate via the emergency slides. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Apr 23min

Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial spectrum are opening their wallets—and their lives—to tell you everything: what they make, what they want, and—for one week—what they spend. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

19 Apr 10min

Progress has slowed in the Ukraine peace talks and they now are facing a critical deadline--is the United States really ready to walk away? There's mixed messages out of the White House that are tempering Iran nuclear talks. And, on the CBS Evening News' "On the Road" -- a visit to America's heartland to a farmer's field of dreams...with a twist. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Apr 23min

At least two people were killed and six others were injured in a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Police said the gunman has been identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, an FSU student who is the son of a Leon County deputy sheriff. Seven years after the Parkland school shooting, Florida lawmakers are moving to repeal parts of the gun reform law that raised the minimum age to buy firearms. As grocery prices soar from inflation, food insecurity is rising in America – even affecting families with stable incomes. Connecticut Foodshare's CEO said demand for their food increased by 23% last year and is expected to rise by another double-digit percentage this year. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Apr 24min

President Trump authorized turning a 700-mile stretch of federal land, from New Mexico to California, into a military installation to allow troops to detain migrants crossing the southern border. At the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, researchers are testing how homes withstand natural disasters like fires and hurricanes. The results could help shape fire codes and improve building standards. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Apr 23min

CBS News has learned the IRS could cut up to 40% of its workforce at the end of the filing season, which would bring the number of workers from 102,000 to fewer than 70,000. Eye on America- A major issue facing U.S. rivers is contamination by sewage and other pollution, but a CBS News investigation found some minority communities are impacted twice as more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Apr 23min

In the Oval Office with President Trump, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele said he will not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, to the United States. Harvard University said it will not accept an agreement proposed by the Trump administration for continued federal funding. Gravedigger arrested for reselling burial sites after removing corpses in Sicily. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Apr 24min